Working on transport decarbonisation in London | Campaign Manager at @cleancitiescampaign.org | ex London Councils; @asthmaandlung.org.uk; @livingstreets.bsky.social | Personal views 🏳️🌈
Zak Bond
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Action to get diesel vans off our streets has not just stalled; it is going in reverse.
Crossing the 100,000 mark for company-owned diesel vans should be a wake-up call for London.
Time for action Sir Sadiq! @london.gov.uk
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The Netherlands has already introduced zero emission zones for freight in many of its cities, helping drive a rapid transition to electric vans and trucks by giving businesses clear, long-term certainty about the future.
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For the first time ever, more than 100,000 diesel vans have been registered by businesses on the capital’s streets, and diesel vans are now the largest transport source of NOx pollution in inner and central London.
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You can read our letter to @sadiqkhanlondon.bsky.social here cleancitiescampaign.org/wp-content/u...
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London could follow the Dutch example of zero emission zones to crack down on commercial diesel vans, which are actually on the rise. City Hall is considering it and campaigners are calling for it. Kumail Jaffer reports www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-...
In a stark contrast, the Conservative Shadow Secretary of State Andrew Griffith spent much of his time doubling down on extracting every last drop from the North Sea, saying we should “fully exploit every resource at our feet.”
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Happy to say that @willnorman.co.uk, @london.gov.uk's Walking and Cycling Commissioner, will be giving the keynote at @cleancitiescampaign.org's Future of Urban Freight conference at London Climate Action Week.
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London has shown leadership on clean air before. But when it comes to cleaning up vans, progress has stalled.
That's why Clean Cities, alongside leading health & environmental organisations, is calling on Sadiq Khan to introduce a zero emission zone for freight.
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🚗⚡ £50 a month saved AND protection from oil price shocks.
New analysis shows UK petrol drivers are around 4x more exposed to energy price volatility than EV drivers.
I’m at the the Logistics UK (@logisticsuk.bsky.social) conference today, and two ministers and one shadow Secretary of State have spoken.
It was very good to hear Kier Mather MP frame decarbonisation and energy security as opportunities to build a stronger future freight sector.
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